COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
TITLE:
COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
DATE:
Friday, April 4th, 2012
TIME:
3:30 PM
LOCATION:
GMCS 214
SPEAKER:
Jeremy Kua.
University of San Diego.
ABSTRACT:
In this seminar I will give an overview of research into the chemistry of the origin of life. I will then discuss the outstanding problem of selectivity – Life only uses a small suite of molecules, but abiotic synthesis yields a whole range of compounds, the molecules of life forming a rather small percentage of this range. Finally I will talk about how a multiscale computational approach may be used to tackle a complex reaction network under different conditions, and show some preliminary results in my research group studying the oligomerization of formaldehyde in solution.
HOST:
Dr. Andy Cooksy.
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